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Wenger delighted as Arsenal return to winning ways

ESPNsoccernet staff
January 1, 2011
Arsene Wenger was delighted with his side's performance © Getty Images
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed his side's physical and mental strength after his side's 3-0 victory over Birmingham at St Andrew's.

A Robin van Persie free kick and Samir Nasri's 13th goal of the season put the visitors in control before an own goal from Roger Johnson added to City's misery.

The Gunners remain in third spot, two points adrift of Manchester United and Manchester City, after a sixth away success of the season.

"I am delighted because we have shown physical qualities, we were up for the challenge and mentally as well we kept our calm,'' Wenger told ESPN. "We kept faith in our game, that we could put the ball down and play our game. I feel we have had a great performance."

Van Persie said: "Birmingham has a great side, they work unbelievably hard and have got points from big games. We knew that and everyone worked quite hard for each other and we got some good goals.''

Asked about the debatable free-kick from which he scored, Van Persie insisted: "There was contact before, that's why I was out of balance and went down. It was a clear free-kick."

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